HomeMy WebLinkAbout1207 05-14-1996ORDINANCE NO. 1207
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 14-2 "AMENDMENTS
TO THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" OF ARTICLE I "IN
GENERAL" OF CHAPTER 14 'BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS
REGULATIONS ", AND AMENDING SECTION 34-105
"AMENDMENTS TO THE FIRE CODE" OF ARTICLE IV
"STANDARDS" OF CHAPTER 34 "FIRE PREVENTION AND
PROTECTION' OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED; AMENDING
PROVISIONS OF SAID UNIFORM CODES GOVERNING
INSTANCES IN WHICH AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
ARE REQUIRED IN APARTMENT HOUSES, HOTELS AND
MOTELS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
That Section 14 -2, "AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE" of
Article I "IN GENERAL" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Subsection 16.5
"SECTION 3802(h)" which new Subsection shall hereafter be and read as follows:
(16.5) Section 3802(h). Subsection (h) of Section 3802 is hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
(h) Group R Division 1 Occupancies An automatic fire sprinkler
system shall be installed throughout multi — family structures (defined
herein as Apartment Houses, Condominiums, or Townhouses) two (2)
or more stories in height or containing four (4) or more dwelling
units, regardless of any area separation walls, or containing any
dwelling units located above a garage space or area designated for
the parking or storage of motor vehicles, and such automatic
sprinkler system shall also be installed in hotel or motel occupancies
two (2) or more stories in height or containing twenty (20) or more
guest rooms.
Apartment buildings, Condominiums, or Townhouses three (3) or
more stories in height shall be equipped with an automatic fire
sprinkler system meeting NFPA Standard 13.
Apartment buildings, Condominiums, or Townhouses two (2) stories
or less in height shall be equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler
system meeting, at a minimum, NFPA Standard 13R.
Hotel or Motel occupancies shall be equipped with an automatic fire
sprinkler system meeting NFPA Standard 13.
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II.
That Section 34 -104 "AMENDMENTS TO THE FIRE CODE" of Article IV
"STANDARDS" of Chapter 34 "FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION' of the Code
of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended by the addition
thereto of a new Subsection 15.5 "Section 10.507(h) ", which new subsection shall
hereafter be and read as follows:
(15.5) Section 10.507(h). Subsection (h) of Section 10.507 "REQUIRED
INSTALLATIONS OF AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEMS" shall be
hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
(h) Group R. Division 1 Occupancies. An automatic fire sprinkler
system shall be installed throughout multi — family structures (defined
herein as Apartment Houses, Condominiums, or Townhouses) two (2)
or more stories in height or containing four (4) or more dwelling
units, regardless of any area separation walls, or containing any
dwelling units located above a garage space or area designated for
the parking or storage of motor vehicles, and such automatic
sprinkler system shall also be installed in hotel or motel occupancies
two (2) or more stories in height or containing twenty (20) or more
guest rooms.
Apartment buildings, Condominiums, or Townhouses three (3) or
more stories in height shall be equipped with an automatic fire
sprinkler system meeting NFPA Standard 13.
Apartment buildings, Condominiums, or Townhouses two (2) stories
or less in height shall be equipped with an automatic fire sprinkler
system meeting, at a minimum, NFPA Standard 13R.
Hotel or Motel occupancies shall be equipped with an automatic fire
sprinkler system meeting NFPA Standard 13.
III.
Severability Clause That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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Saving Clause. That Chapters 14 and 34 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Euless, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
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V.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of
the State of Texas; PROVIDED, however, that the more stringent fire sprinkler
requirements imposed hereby shall not apply to any building or development for
which site plan approval or development plan approval has been obtained prior to the
date of adoption of this ordinance.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING and approved at a regular meeting
of the Euless City Council on the 14th day of tray 1996; by a vote
of 7 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
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Mary Lib Sal , Mayor
ATTEST:
r_" Asm-' —
usan trim, C C, City Secretary
APPROVED S TO FORM:
Boh�rlcFarland, Ciiy Attorney
39eullib/050796
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